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GILE Newsletter 95 Issue #95 April 2015 Tottori, Japan Newsletter of the "Global Issues in Language Education" Special Interest Group (GILE SIG) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) GLOBAL ISSUES IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION NEWSLETTER ! ! ! 95th Issue celebrating 95 issues and 25 years in print since 1990 Kip A. Cates, Tottori University, Koyama, Tottori City, JAPAN 680-8551 E-mail: [email protected] Check out back issues on our homepage! Website: www.gilesig.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/gilesig.org NEWSLETTER #95 Our spring 2015 newsletter features: (1) an article by Beverley Lafaye on using non- fiction films on global themes for oral communication classes, (2) a selection by David Deubelbeiss of on-line games that practice English while raising awareness of social issues, and (3) a report by Brent Simmonds on last fall’s Education for Sustainable Development 2014 world conference held in Nagoya, Japan. Our special feature for this newsletter is Teaching about Destructive Cults. This thematic section, chosen to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Aum Shinrikyo sarin attacks in Tokyo, includes a variety of ideas, activities, books, films and other resources for teaching students about – and protecting them from – religious cults. We finish out this issue with a report on the TESOL 2015 conference in Toronto plus a round-up of global education news, events and information. ! E-SUBSCRIPTIONS: After 20 years as a paper newsletter, we now offer electronic subscriptions by e-mail. Please let us know if you’d like to try this eco-friendly option! * Abstracts of articles on global themes from ELT journals and the media 4 * News and announcements from language teaching organizations 5 * Conference Report: Global Issues at TESOL 2015 (Toronto, Canada) 6 – 9 * Non-Fiction Film in the Oral Communication Class by Beverley Lafaye 10 – 11 * My Top 5 On-line Games on Social & Global Issues by David Deubelbeiss 12 – 13 * Education for Sustainable Development (ESD 2014) by Brent Simmonds 14 – 16 * Special Feature: Teaching about Destructive Cults 17 – 19 * Language teaching textbooks on global education themes 21 * Book Profiles: Resource books for teaching about destructive cults 22 Global Issues in Language Education 1 Printed entirely on recycled paper. ! A N N O U N C E M E N T S Pan-SIG 2015 Conference Global Education Events May 16 – 17, 2015 Kobe < www.pansig.org > ! Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality in Asia Narratives: Raising the Happiness Quotient April 26 - 28, 2015 Hiroshima (Japan) Don’t miss this spring’s Pan-SIG 2015 conference Website: <www.presdafoundation.org> on May 16–17 at Kobe City University of Foreign ! World Conference: Educators for Peace Studies. Full details at the website above! Theme: Peace Education for Non-Violence Plenary Speakers May 29 - 30, 2015 New Delhi (India) ! Virtues of Character Education (Kim Horne) Website: <www.iaewp.asia> ! Student Narratives on Lg Learning (Landolfi) ! 2nd Asian Education for Peace Conference ! Why Our Brains Like Stories (Curtis Kelly) June 3-5, 2015 Hiroshima <www.esdfocus. GILE Forum: Narratives for Global Citizenship org/education-peace-interfaith-congress/> This action-packed session will feature ! 2nd Global Higher Education Conference innovative ideas for the classroom and beyond. Panelists will discuss teaching objectives, June 6, 2015 Lakeland College (Japan) Website: <http://conference.lcjapan.com/> materials, methods and activities that incorporate narratives to encourage global connections. Learn ! Canadian School of Peacebuilding Courses the latest approaches and share your own ideas! June 2015 in Winnipeg [Apply by April 1st] <http://csop.cmu.ca/index.php/courses/> <> Youth Voices and Peace Activism 2015 Summer Institute for <> Human Rights and Peace Intercultural Communication <> Women and Peacebuilding The Summer Institute for Intercultural Communica- <> Working for Conflict Transformation tion will offer 30+ workshops this July including: ! World Environmental Education Congress • Teaching Intercultural Communication June 29 – July 2, 2015 Gothenburg (Sweden) • Assessing Intercultural Competence http://weec2015.org/thecongress/invitation/ • Countering Bias via Curiosity and Empathy ! IIPE Summer Institute of Peace Education • Developing Global Leaders July 26 – Aug 2, 2015 Toledo, Ohio (USA) • China: Encounter the Culture of a Rising Power Website: <www.i-i-p-e.org/iipe-2015/> • Using Films for Intercultural Education • Understanding Racial and Cultural Identity ! Asian Symposium on Human Rights Ed. • Social Justice and Intercultural Communication Aug. 2-4, 2015 Hiroshima <www.esdfocus. org/human-rights-education-symposium/> Intercultural Communication Institute, 8835 SW Canyon Lane, Suite 238, Portland, OR 97225, USA More global education events are listed at: <[email protected]> <www.intercultural.org> www.peace-ed-campaign.org/newsletter/ GILE SIG Website GILE on Facebook GILE on Twitter www.gilesig.org www.facebook.com/gilesig.org https://twitter.com/gilesigjp Our Global Issues in Language Check out our Global Issues • For updates on global themes, Education Special Interest Group Facebook page for an exciting see our Global Issues Twitter site website offers a wealth of teach- selection of up-to-date news, • Make sure as well to check out ing ideas from back issues of our events, campaigns, resources, The GILE Daily, a dynamic newsletter, thanks to webmaster initiatives and info on global resource for following the issues: Paul Arenson. Check it out! education and global issues. <> http://paper.li/gilesigjp Global Issues in Language Education 2 Newsletter Issue #95 April 2015 ! JALT GLOBAL ISSUES SIG OFFICERS FOR 2015 Here are the 2015 officers for our Global Issues in Language Education Special Interest Group (GILE SIG) of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). Let us know if you want to join the team! ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS REGIONAL OFFICERS PROJECT OFFICERS SIG Chair & Newsletter Editor: Hokkaido: Tim Grose SIG Programs: Kip Cates (contact details at left) Jennie Roloff-Rothman Tottori University Tohoku: Naoko Harada International Christian Univ. Koyama-cho, Tottori City <[email protected]> <knightbus@ <[email protected]> [email protected]> SIG Publications: Kanto: Mark Shrosbree Jane Nakagawa (at left) SIG Treasurer: Anthony Torbert Tokai University, Kanagawa SIG Publicity: Kobe Gakuin University <[email protected]> John Spiri Kobe City Chubu: Jane Nakagawa Gifu Shotoku University <[email protected]> Freelance Writer <jane <[email protected]> [email protected]> SIG Membership Chair: SIG Japanese Liaison: Kansai: Michael Skelton Masataka Kasai Tim Grose Seiwa College, Nishinomiya Kansai Gaidai University Sapporo City <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Hokkaido <[email protected]> Chugoku: Tom Fast SIG Website: Okayama Gakugeikan Paul Arenson (Webmaster) SIG Member-at-Large: High School, Okayama <[email protected]> Chris Bradley <[email protected]> Okinawa University Kyushu: Jack Brajcich SIG Facebook & Twitter: Naha, Okinawa Fukuoka Jogakuin Jr College Jennie Roloff-Rothman <[email protected]> John Spiri, Jack Brajcich <[email protected]> WHERE CAN I DONATE USED GLOBAL PROJECTS FOR LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS? SCHOOLS AND CLASSES Don't throw away old textbooks, journals, dictionaries or cassette tapes. Recycle them! ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS EFL Books Requested for Teachers in Haiti ! How to Save Paper in School EFL teachers in Haiti are still recovering from www.wikihow.com/Save-Paper-in-School the January 2010 earthquake. Send books to: Herve F. Alcindor, Mate-Tesol President ! How to Become a Green School www.greenschools.net/ 84 Avenue Jean-Paul II, Turgeau Port-au-Prince, Haiti CLASS OR SCHOOL EVENTS "Book Aid" South Africa Library Project Help poor South African kids! Check first to see! ! ! ! Sponsor a Child Overseas what's needed. They'll mail to South Africa. http://plan-international.org www.plan-japan.org Chikako Noda (Japan) <[email protected]> ! Work to End World Hunger (click “take action”) Website: <www.taaa.jp/english.html> http://actfast.oxfamamerica.org/ Vietnam Book Donation Project ! Raise Funds to Help Eliminate Landmines Donate materials to teachers in Vietnam! Pay www.icbl.org www.jcbl-ngo.org your own shipping costs. Send to Tran van Phuoc, Hue University (Foreign Lgs.), 27 Phan Dinh ! Start a School Human Rights Club Phung, Hue, Vietnam <[email protected]> www.amnesty.ca/youth/get_involved/ Global Issues in Language Education 3 Newsletter Issue #95 April 2015 ! GLOBAL ISSUES IN LT JOURNALS AND THE MEDIA Abstracts of articles from language teaching journals and news media. Guided Meditation in the English English Village Planned for Tokyo Language Classroom The Tokyo city government plans to set up an English by Amy Jenkins (US Dept. of Education) language learning “village” where students can improve their English proficiency with native speakers in realistic This article outlines the benefits of meditation for settings. The village, scheduled to open in 2018, will foreign language learners and describes ways to include roleplaying in simu-lated restaurants, hospitals integrate meditation techniques into the classroom. It and other workplaces. Speaking Japanese will be banned argues that meditation can help students to relax, focus in principle. According to the Asahi Shimbun, the village and calm the stress, distractions and worries that cloud will resemble Kidzania, a global franchise of their minds: Did I get my homework done correctly? after-school
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